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Error in Lake Mead plan brings public outrage over boat ramp

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FILE - In this July 28, 2014, file photo, lightning strikes over Lake Mead near Hoover Dam that impounds Colorado River water at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Arizona. With drought continuing and reservoirs shrinking, several Southwestern U.S. states that depend on the Colorado River had been expected to ink a crucial share-the-pain contingency plan by the end of 2018. Officials now say they&#39;re not going to make it, at least not in time for upcoming meetings in Las Vegas involving representatives from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and the U.S. government.

LAS VEGAS - The National Park Service has had to navigate a wave of public outrage.

Plans to build a new boat ramp at Lake Mead if necessary were accidentally left out of a blueprint to replace an old one that could be forced to close if the lake level drops too low at Meadview, Arizona.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports the plan released last month indicated Meadview's only nearby launch point at South Cove could be forced to close by 2020 should the lake drop another 10 feet.

The document didn't mention the service's intention to build a new ramp at South Cove if the old ramp no longer reaches the water 125 miles southeast of Las Vegas.

Park Service officials say local residents will get a new boat ramp if needed.

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